Boot and shoe heel.



PATENTED 00T. 8, 1907. W. F. ROSTOCK.

lnvenor.-

WILLIAM F. BOSTOCKOF BROCKTON, MSSACHUSTTS.

sooft` AND snor: HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1907.

' Application filed February 18; 1907. Serial No. 857,798.

To all whom 'it may concern: Be-it known that I, WILLIAM F. Bos'rocK, ofBrockton, lin thel county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain' new and useful Improve- A ments in Boot and ShoeHeels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to enable a strong, durable andsubstantial heel to be made by assembling small'and relatively thickpieces, each of smaller size tlian'a lift of the heel, and fittedtogether so that they form a. relatively thick pieced lift, and aplurality of relatively which are continuous, instead of being pieced,the sections or members of the pieced v .lifts being abutted together,edge to edge, and united i 1b by glue or'paste to eachother and to thethin continu-n ous'lifts, the'latter both as forming a part of .thethickness .ofthelheeh and as means for binding together the members ofthe pieced lifts. My invention is embodied in the improved heel which Iwill p new proceed to describe and claim. Y

` ..1 Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification,-Figure 1 representsa perspective view of one' of thepieced lifts of my improved heel. 2

represents a perspective view of one of the continuous binding flfts.Fig. "3 represents side view showing the lifts represented in 1 and 2,-assembled, the

s jwfthlin lift being partially broken away.-

4 reprei sentsa. section on line 4-4 of Fig. Srepresents alongitudinalsection of a' completed heel embodying v 301. my invention. 6 representsa view of the tread i. faceof the top lift of the said heel. A Fig. '1represents aV lf' view similarto 6, showing the top lift ornamented Y,sito .conceal the joints between the members of the top f lift. K'

v The same-letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures. `.In carrying out my invention I cut from waste scraps of soleleather of irregular form, such as are left by a sole-rounding machineand after the operation of 40 dying out soles, heels, lifts, etc., froma side of leather, a plurality of sections or members of such form asthat when they are properly assembled they will form a relatively thickpieced lift a, such as that shown in Fig.

'-1. The sections or members of the lift may be of Y vvarious forms, andthey preferablyjnclude two clongated-membcrs 12 12 which form the sideand rearedgcs 0f the lift and lportions of the breast edge, andintermediate mcmbers 13 located abetween the side members Vl2, one ofsaid members forming the remaining portion of the breast edge. Themembers-12 and 13 are cut out by dies from the scrap material with theiredges at right angles to their side faces, the edges ofthe sectionsbeing' abuttcd` together, and united by'l glue or paste interposedbetween the abutting edges before they are assembled. The members 12 areof such width that they receive between their inner and' outer edges-the nails which are ordinarily used to attach the heel to th heel scatof a boot or shoe. v

'i b 'b represent a series of relatively thin lifts which are preferablycut from sheets of thin skived leather, the said lifts being .of suchthickness that a pluralityf of them may be made from a sheet of leatherof ordinary thickness. Each lift b is of such size that it includes theentire width and length of the heel. I therefore call the lifts bcontinuous, to indicate the fact that each extends continuouslylengthwise and crosswise of the heel,- instead of being composed ofpieces or sections, as in the case of the lifts a. Each continuous liftb is attached by glue or paste to one side of the group of sections ormembers 12 and 13 composing one of the pieced lifts, and constitutes aconnection or binder between themembers 12 and 13, towhich it is thusunited. When the members 12 and 1.3 are made of sole leather, themembers are arranged so that their flesh sides all face in the samedirection, and form one of the surfaces of the pieced lift, preferablythe `upper surface, the continuous Alift bbeing united, by asuitableadhesive, to the lflesh sides of the members 12 and 13.` Thesaid liesh sides and the cut surfaces of. the skiving forming 'the liftb are relatively rough, andare adapted to be `intimately united by theinterposed adhesive, the latter permeating the rough surfaces, andeffecting a firml i union between them. In practice the members of eachpieced lift a and' the accompanying continuous binding lift b areassembled and united to form an element of the heel, as shown in Fig.4', the said element including a series of relatively 4thick liftmembers 12. and 13, the edges of which are united by glue or cement, anda single relatively thin continuous binding lift b united tothe fleshsides of the members 12 and 13. In forming each of said elements I applycompressive pressure tending to force the abutting 'edges of the members12 and 13 against each other, and cause them to conform accurately toeach other, so that there will be no variation in width of the crevicesbetween the abutting edges, the continuous bindinglifts b beingv unitedto the members of the accompanying pieced lift while the latter areunder the said' edgewise compressive pressure, so that the completedheel element, composed ofthe relatively thick lifts 12 and 13, andtherelatively thin continuous'binding lift b, are all firmly united, andform a rigid heel element, adapted to be united to a number of othersimilar heel elem'ents to form a heel ofthe desired thickness, as shownin Fig.- 5, the said heel being completed by the addition of a suitablerand c and a'toplift a. The top lift may be either continuous orcomposed of sections abutted together edge to edge and united by glue orcement, and a continuous binding lift b united to the fiesh sides of thesaid members. When the top lift is pieced or composed of a plurality ofmembers, I prefer the form of members shown in Fig. 6, there being twoside mem` 1' all hers l2() and anv intermediate ninlber 130, these beingsymmetrically formed so that the joints or cre'viccs between them aresynnnetrica-ily arranged relatively to I homedian line of the top lift.-us lshown in Fig; 6. The 5 -lreiul face ol` the top lilt lnayl'beornamented by Ineens of afinilling'l tholmoved along said surface overthe',

joints formed by the members v12() and 130, to form ornmnenlal bands orlines 16 obliteratiiig the said joints,

and imparting an ornamental effect to the' tread surface l0 of thetoplift. as shown in Fig. '17. l

gkltJfill hewseen thatthe improved heel above de- .'scribed, utilizes'the strength `and solidity of sole leather scraps leit by the opera-tionof forming continuous sole und heel-lifts, and thin sheets or skivings,several of L15` which nitty be cut from a singlethckness'ol' ordinaryleather. The skivings which form the continuous lift ,b not onlycomprise a considerable part-of the thickness oi tlie ll'el, but theyalso serve to bind together vanni preeentedgewise displacement. of themembers of '20 'the thicker pieced lifts. lly assembling the members'arm pim- 1 lifts Snom their nent sides nl facein'the f l'anflcnbledifoVutjlizel'he holding u't's or crevices on" he marginal vtheedgewise'tompressioii-J d hfts'beig such that any y oe'cjui"aftertheyV Iiotl separate the telfllyfe l A lift- Whole; and compensate for Yhrinltgefof theimernbers'vvh'ich occur'after the'parts of the heel havetion enables verynarrow by a sole' rounding machine or rough rounder, tobe t utilized in the formation of heel lifts. Such pieces*- comprise themost valuable parts of the sole leather; .50

and heretofore have been I claim: -l. A heel comprising a piece'd lifts,and a plurality of relatively thin continuons binding lifts alternatingrwith the pieced lifts, the n iclnlmxs 55 of each pieced lift beingmented together edge to edge, and also `cemented to the adjoiningbinding lift, whe

the intimate relationship of vthe members of the peced lifts.

2.. A heel comprising a pieced lifts, each composed hers compressededgewlse, mented together, and their direction, und a plurality of themembers of the pieeed lift. 1

compressed members of said placed layer-fand pi serv intimaterelationship thereof.

`ln testimony whereof` I presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

'C. F. BROWN, H E. BATCHELDER.

thin continuous binding` liftcementcdto l the pieced lift,v andpreserving the intimate relatlnnsh been assembled. My-invenpieces, s uchas are removed useless for 'anything but fuel,

plurality of 'relatively miek compressed edge\vise,' and c creby thebindingr lifts -preserve Y 5:60. plurality of relatively thick of soleleather pieces o1' memf"v and 4having V*their edges ce? fleshsides fa ofrelatively thin continuons" 65 the rnernlrers'l the pressure` of th 'gmfwrLmAM F.- Bos'roen

